“The Curse of La Llorona” — A social worker and her young children are menaced by an evil entity in 1970s L.A. With Linda Cardellini, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tony Amendola. Written by Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis. Directed by Michael Chaves. (1:33) R.

“Fast Color” — A woman with superhuman abilities returns home after years on the run. With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, David Strathairn. Written by Julia Hart, Jordan Horowitz. Directed by Hart. (1:40) PG-13.

“Get Out Your Handkerchiefs” — 4K restoration of writer-directer Bertrand Blier’s 1978 farce about a man who finds a lover for his sexually frustrated wife, only to see her take up with a 13-year-old boy instead. With Gerard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere. In French with English subtitles. (1:48) R.

“Hagazussa” — A young woman encounters superstition and the supernatural in a remote village in the Austrian Alps in the 15th century. With Aleksandra Cwen, Tanja Petrovsky. Written and directed by Lukas Feigelfeld. In German with English subtitles. (1:42) NR.

“Hail Satan?” — Documentary about the rise of the politically active quasi-religious movement known as the Satanic Temple. Directed by Penny Lane. (1:35) R.

“High on the Hog” — A hog farmer and his cadre of attractive young women defend their marijuana-growing operation against federal agents. With Sid Haig, Joe Estevez, Robert Z’Dar. Written by Andy Golub, Kevin Lockhart, Jeremy Silva, Tony Wash. Directed by Wash. (1:25) NR.

“His Father’s Voice” — A dancer in India tries to reconnect with his musician father. With CB Ramkumar, Jeremy Roske. Written and directed by K. Kaarthikeyan. (1:45) NR.

“Know Your Enemy” — An affluent American couple are held captive in their home by a troubled Middle Easterner. With Nora-Jane Noone, Maury Sterling, Farshad Farahat. Written and directed by Randy Feldman. (1:24) NR.

“Long Day’s Journey Into Night” — A man in China’s Guizhou province is haunted by his past. With Jue Huang, Wei Tang, Sylvia Chang. Written and directed by Gan Bi. In Mandarin with English subtitles. (1:50) NR.

“Lost & Found” — Items left behind at a local train station connect the lives of assorted characters in an Irish town. With Liam O Mochain, Norma Sheahan, Brendan Conroy. Written and directed by Liam O Mochain. (1:36) NR.

“Naples in Veils” — A woman has a passionate one-night stand with a man who later turns up dead. Written by Ferzan Ozpetek, Gianni Romoli, Valia Santella. Directed by Ozpetek. In Italian with English subtitles. (1:53) NR.

“Penguins” — A plucky penguin in Antarctica searches for a mate in this nature documentary. Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jeff Wilson. (1:16) G.

“Red Joan” — A British retiree’s past comes to light when she is revealed to have been a longtime spy for the Soviet Union. With Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Stephen Campbell Moore. Written by Lindsay Shapero. Directed by Trevor Nunn. (1:41) R.

“Satan & Adam” — Documentary about the unlikely musical partnership between a Jewish harmonica player and an African American street musician in 1980s Harlem. Directed by V. Scott Balcerek. (1:20) NR.

“Stuck” — Six diverse commuters stranded together on a New York City subway train share their stories in song. With Amy Madigan, Giancarlo Esposito, Ashanti, Arden Cho. Written by Michael Berry; based on the stage musical by Riley Thomas. Directed by Berry. (1:30) PG-13.

“Suburban Birds” — An engineer in China uncovers a deeper mystery while investigating a ground subsidence in an abandoned suburb. With Mason Lee, Zihan Gong, Lu Huang. Written and directed by Qiu Sheng. In Mandarin with English subtitles. (1:58) NR.

“Under the Silver Lake” — An aimless Angeleno searches the city for clues to the mysterious disappearance of a young woman he had only just met. With Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Patrick Fischler, Grace Van Patten, Jimmi Simpson. Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. (2:19) R.

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